I went out to do an easy hill ride and it was until, the heat, wind and hills wore me out, then it was anything but easy. I got in 47 miles then all of a sudden my legs said we are tired. Then the started to become an effort and it only got worse as the miles counted down. I was riding at 19.8 mph avg to about 40 miles then it started to drop by the time I hit 47 miles I was still over 19 mph then it went under 19 mph the wind piked up and it slowly went down to 18.6. I held this until I had 18 miles to go and the wind really picked up and I was running on empty. I lost another .2 mph to finish at 18.4. My power output stayed between 160-225 so I didn't drop my output it was the wind. Mr. Wind wanted me to yell "Uncle", I almost did a few times but I kept thinking Mr. Wind would ease up and could resume my normal pace which never happened. As the miles past by and I saw myself getting closer to home I just kept pedaling. All I could think of is my next few rides in zone 1 to recovery. My legs feel tired, flat and weak so recovery is the name of game for next two rides. I want my legs to be fully recharged by Sunday so I can race with the big dogs! I think I got this ride down to how I want it unless there are bigger or better hills out there that I missed. The ride has several change in scenery and is not boring by any stretch of the imagination. The only thing that I don't like is when you come to a stop sign you need to stop to see if traffic is coming because most stops are blind to oncoming traffic even though the road I am traveling on is low on traffic there is traffic on cross roads.